American Woman Jailed in UK for Forcing Daughter, 14, to Get Pregnant

Published 04/29 2013 10:38AM

Updated 04/29 2013 10:40AM

An American woman is in a United Kingdom prison after repeatedly forcing her 14-year-old daughter to inseminate herself with donor sperm, because the mother wanted another baby and could not conceive or adopt more children.

After a miscarriage at 14, the girl had a baby at 17, after regularly inseminating herself with sperm her mother purchased on the Internet, according to a report in The Guardian. The girl -- a virgin-- was apparently too scared to refuse her adoptive "domineering" mother's request.

The mother has not been identified to protect the daughter and grandchild.